Verse 12

all the valiant{H2428} men{H376} arose,{H6965} and took away{H5375} the body{H1480} of Saul,{H7586} and the bodies{H1480} of his sons,{H1121} and brought{H935} them to Jabesh,{H3003} and buried{H6912} their bones{H6106} under the oak{H424} in Jabesh,{H3003} and fasted{H6684} seven{H7651} days.{H3117}

Referenced Verses

• Gen 35:8 : 8 And Deborah{H1683} Rebekah's{H7259} nurse{H3243} died,{H4191} and she was buried{H6912} below Beth-el{H1008} under the oak:{H437} and the name{H8034} of it was called{H7121} Allon-bacuth.{H439}
• Gen 50:10 : 10 And they came{H935} to the threshing-floor{H1637} of Atad,{H329} which is beyond{H5676} the Jordan,{H3383} and there they lamented{H5594} with a very{H3966} great{H1419} and sore{H3515} lamentation:{H4553} and he made{H6213} a mourning{H60} for his father{H1} seven{H7651} days.{H3117}
• 2 Sam 3:35 : 35 And all{H3605} the people{H5971} came{H935} to cause{H1262} David{H1732} to eat{H1262} bread{H3899} while it was yet{H5750} day;{H3117} but David{H1732} sware,{H7650} saying,{H559} God{H430} do{H6213} so to me, and more also,{H3254} if I taste{H2938} bread,{H3899} or aught{H3972} else, till{H6440} the sun{H8121} be down.{H935}
• 2 Sam 21:12-14 : 12 And David{H1732} went{H3212} and took{H3947} the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and the bones{H6106} of Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121} from the men{H1167} of Jabesh-gilead,{H3003} who had stolen{H1589} them from the street{H7339} of Beth-shan,{H1052} where the Philistines{H6430} had hanged{H8511} them, in the day{H3117} that the Philistines{H6430} slew{H5221} Saul{H7586} in Gilboa;{H1533} 13 and he brought up{H5927} from thence the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and the bones{H6106} of Jonathan{H3083} his son:{H1121} and they gathered{H622} the bones{H6106} of them that were hanged.{H3363} 14 And they buried{H6912} the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121} in the country{H776} of Benjamin{H1144} in Zela,{H6762} in the sepulchre{H6913} of Kish{H7027} his father:{H1} and they performed{H6213} all that the king{H4428} commanded.{H6680} And after{H310} that God{H430} was entreated{H6279} for the land.{H776}